Re: Hardcoded mac addresses in an autogenerated environment

2011-11-18 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 11/18/2011 at 12:00 PM, Thang Pham wrote: > You can hard-code the MAC address into /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 You can, but that can cause serious problems at the z/VM level. There have been cases where a hard coded MAC address in a Linux guest has caused another guest to not be

Re: Hardcoded mac addresses in an autogenerated environment

2011-11-18 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 11/18/2011 at 12:33 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: > I recommend against coding LLADDR in your Linux config. The problem isn't the system administrators doing it, but the tools they use. I'm hopeful that will get fixed for at least SLES11 SP2. Mark Post -

Re: Porting old application- numeric keypad

2011-11-18 Thread Richard Troth
Run-away processes from lost terminal (or lost session, "lost pseudo-terminal") is a common problem. Yes, I've heard of it before. (Was/is not specific to HOD.) Theoretically, a process gets a HUP signal (hangup) when the session is dropped. For the signal to work, the whole TTY/PTY/PTS chain ne

Re: Hardcoded mac addresses in an autogenerated environment

2011-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 11/18/2011 at 11:44 EST, Agblad Tore wrote: > Hi there. > We have autogenerated mac addresses for our zLinux servers (ip-only traffic) > I have tested and verified that the mac-address for the network adapter changes > between z/VM logoff-logon ( shutdown + start ). > Well, that's no

Re: Hardcoded mac addresses in an autogenerated environment

2011-11-18 Thread Thang Pham
You can hard-code the MAC address into /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 (SLES 11 SP1): # cat ifcfg-eth0 ... STARTMODE='auto' USERCONTROL='no' LLADDR='02:12:34:56:78:90' UNIQUE='' NAME='OSA Express Network card (0.0.0800)' Regards, - Thang Pham IBM Poughkeepsie

Hardcoded mac addresses in an autogenerated environment

2011-11-18 Thread Agblad Tore
Hi there. We have autogenerated mac addresses for our zLinux servers (ip-only traffic) I have tested and verified that the mac-address for the network adapter changes between z/VM logoff-logon ( shutdown + start ). Well, that's no surprise, that's what we wanted :-) BUT: The license for for a prod

Re: Porting old application- numeric keypad

2011-11-18 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Yes HOD was used with HPUX and will be used with linux on z. Now they tell me they had on HPUX and stiil have on z a problem with processes left by users not terminating out of HOD properly. Processes that are left apparently use quite a bit of cpu. They reworked a kill script they ran on HPUX